Peter Posa

Peter Paul Posa (8 August 1941 – 3 February 2019) was a New Zealand guitarist most famous for his instrumental "The White Rabbit", The song is a guitar instrumental that sold 100,000 copies.

Career Posa was born in West Auckland, New Zealand, on 8 August 1941 to Paul and Millie Posa, who had migrated from Croatia.

In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Posa was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to entertainment. Posa died at Waikato Hospital on 3 February 2019 at the age of 77.

In 2012, White Rabbit The Very Best of Peter Posa went to the top of the New Zealand album charts, spending six weeks at the number-one spot.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums Title Details String Along With Peter Released: 1961 Label: Zodiac (ZLP 1012) Format: LP Tiki Tunes Released: 1963 Label: Viking Records (VP120) Format: LP The White Rabbit and Other Tunes for Playboys Released: 1963 Label: Viking Records (VP107) Format: LP Tiki Tunes Released: 1963 Label: Viking Records (VP120) Format: LP Mad Hatter Released: 1964 Label: Viking Records (VP125) Format: LP The Hitch-Hiker (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1964 Label: Viking Records (VP131) Format: LP Flying High (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1964 Label: Viking Records (VP136) Format: LP The Sound Of Peter Posa (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VP147) Format: LP Beat Guitar (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VP159) Format: LP This Is Peter Posa Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VP167) Format: LP The Posa Scottish & Irish Album (with The Thistlemen) Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VP185) Format: LP Guitar Sounds Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VP192) Format: LP My Kind of Pickin Released: 1966 Label: Viking Records (VP215) Format: LP Internationally Yours Released: 1967 Label: Zodiac (ZLP 1030) Format: LP Guitar Pops Released: 1970 Label: Salem (XPS 5064) Format: LP South Seas Guitars (with Bill Wolfgramme and His Islanders and Trevor Edmondson) Released: 1970 Label: Salem (XPS 5064) Format: LP

Live albums + List of live albums Title Details On Stage with Lou & Simon & Peter Posa (with Lou & Simon) Released: 1964 Label: Viking Records (Viking VP138) Format: LP

Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Details Peter Posa Hits (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1963 Label: Viking Records (VE 134) Format: LP More Peter Posa Hits (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1964 Label: Viking Records (VE 136) Format: LP Posa Plays Guitar Boogie (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1964 Label: Viking Records (VE 152) Format: LP Posa Plays Westerns (with His Golden Guitar) Released: 1964 Label: Viking Records (VE 153) Format: LP Peter Posa Goes Gonk Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VE 165) Format: LP Maori Melodies On Guitar Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VE 168) Format: LP Do You Want to Dance? Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VE 172) Format: LP Gizmo Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VE 203) Format: LP Positively Posa Released: 1965 Label: Viking Records (VE 217) Format: LP

Charting compilation albums + List of charting compilation albums, with New Zealand chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositionsNZ The Best of Peter Posa Released: 1997 Label: BMG New Zealand (74321 508642) Format: CD 37 My Pick Released: November 2003 Label: BMG New Zealand (82876577902) Format: 2x CD 44 White Rabbit: The Very Best Of Released: July 2012 Label: Sony Music (88725430342) Format: CD, DD 1 Golden Guitar: The Peter Posa Anthology Released: 2013 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, DD 9 Plays The Hits of the British Invasion Released: June 2016 Label: Sony Music (88985337532) Format: CD, DD 10

Awards In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Posa was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to entertainment.

Aotearoa Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.